mad men style

With Mad Men’s new season hitting us hard with gorgeous sixties femininity, and retro fashion inspiration an always-present entity, we’ve been on the lookout for some retro yet up-to-date dresses. These five frocks blend the past with the present, and the future of your dress wardrobe is looking back, and looking bright.

The women of Mad Men are going through a fashion makeover for season 6. Season 5 left off at the end of 1967, and we’re kicking things off in 1968 on the season 6 premiere of Mad Men on AMC tomorrow night. Here’s how the fashion of Megan Draper, Betty Draper, Joan Harris, Peggy Olson and Sally Draper will change for the impending end of the swinging ’60s.

In time, that is, with retro inspired shoes and bags we’re coveting this season. Even though the past is in the past, it can come back and visit our accessories collection anytime with this prim and pretty flats, heels, clutches and totes. Whether through materials or textures, there’s always a little added modern touch in these old-is-new pieces.

We know her best as Sally Draper, but in real life, Kiernan Shipka is a 12 (and a half!) year-old young actress in Hollywood who has more clothes than we could ever dream of having. She even gets to keep some of the awesome retro styles she wears on Mad Men, including Sally Draper’s go-go boots. Harper’s Bazaar’s Laura Brown went on a tour of Kiernan’s walk-in closet on the latest webisode for The Look.

Last night on the triumphant return of Mad Men, Jessica Pare’s character Megan enchanted us in this little black chiffon dress. Megan wore the dress to Don’s 40th birthday party on the show, where she sang and did a provocative dance for him in front of all of his co-workers. Her voice was beautiful, but we couldn’t take our eyes off of the great dress with its flowing pleated sleeves.

Mad Men is back this weekend and your favourite retro-inspired styles are back onscreen, as well as on the runway and your favourite celebs. We aren’t sure if Rihanna and designers DSquared and Moschino adapted the Mad Men leather glove style to create their long gloved looks seen here, but whether it’s pure coincidence or not, we love the result.

We’re pretty sure that anyone who has ever watched AMC’s Mad Men has daydreamed about stepping into into Don Draper’s world. Now Banana Republic and AMC are offering fans a chance to really embrace the polish and panache of the 1960s with a new limited edition Mad Men-inspired collection for men and women.